Steam-condenser.



Z. T. SCOTT.

STEAM CONDENSER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I7 m5.

1,156,591., Patented Oct. 12, 1915.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that, I, ZACI-IARY, T. l Sco'r'r, a citizen of theUniteol States, residing at .Austin, in the county of Travis and State of Texas, have invented anew and useful Steam-Gondensenof which the following, is a specification. j a a The device forming the subject matter of this application is a. condenser, adapted to supply sterile waterin hospitals and elsewhere, where a product ofthis sort is demanded. a a a The invention aims to provide ajnovel means whereby at thewill of anoperator, steam may be mingled w ththe water of It is within the scope of the disclosure to 5 improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains. i

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description pro ceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the de tails of constructionhereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the in I vention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, withoutdepart ing from the spirit of the invention,

In the drawings, the invention is shown I in a single vertical sectional figure, wherein sundry parts appear in elevation.

In carrying out the present invention there is provided a condenser denoted generally by the numeral 1 and preferably in the form of a closed tank. The condenser 1 is surrounded by a jacket 2 which is closed.

The jacket 2 is held spaced from the con denser 1 by means of brackets 3 and by means of a nozzle 4 constituting a part of a municates with the nozzle 4. Tater is ad mitted into the space 7 between the condenser 1 and the jacket 2 through a pipe 8 having a valve 9. As the cooling water in Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Got. 12, 1915; e Application filed February 17,1915 i ms 8,838., V i i I the space 7 rises in temperature,the water may be conducted away through a pi e 18 having a valve 19; 6

, Branched off from theisteam lpipef 5 an auxiliary steam pipe 10 communicating with one end of'a casing 23 having anioutlet 14.

Communicating with'the other end of'the The, invention may comprise a water gage 20, communicating with fpipes 21 passing throughpackings 22 in the side wall of the condenser 1 and inthe side wallof the jacket 2, the pipes 21 communicating: with 1 the interior ofthe condenser l.

Let itbe supposed that the valves 16 and :17 "are closed and that valves 9, 19 and 111 areopen. Then, the cooling water enters the space 7 between the condenser 1 andthe {jacket 2 through the pipe 8 and fiows away vbyway of the pipe 18, the water rising as it becomes heated. Steam enters the condenser 1 by way of the pipe 5-4 and is condensed to form sterile water, within the condenser 1, as clearly shown in the draw ing.' .The sterile water of condensation may then be withdrawn through the pipe 1514 by opening the valve 17 When it is desired that the sterile water passing through the outlet 14 shall be heated somewhat, then the valve 16 is opened to a slight extent,whereupon steam from the pipe 5'will be delivered into one end of the casing 23 through the a pipe 10.

In order to sterilize the apparatus before the operation of condensing begins, the valves 11, 16 and 17 are opened. Then steam passes by way of the pipe 5 and nozzle 4 into the condenser 1 and from the con denser through the pipe 15 into the casing 23 and out of the outlet 14. At the same time, steam passes from the pipe 5 by Way of the pipe 10 into the casing 23 and out of the outlet 14. -Not infrequently, a hose (not shown) is assembled with the outlet 14 and the outlet will be of much greater length than shown in the drawing. It is under such conditions that the pipe 10 is of' peculiar utility, so far as is concerned the sterilization of the pipe 14, since live steam is delivered by the pipe 10 from the pipe 5 directly into the casing 23 and the outlet 14, thus obviating the cooling of the steam 'due' to the expansion of the steam in the condenser 1, "it being obvious that, in the absence of the pipe 10, the pipe 14 could be steamed out and sterilized only by Way of the pipe 45 and the condenser 1. The pipe :10, therefore, acts as a by-pass with respect, to the condenser-V1, delivering live steam into the pipe-l4, independently of the condenser.

:letffor the Water ofcondensation; and means condenser; a casing having an'outlet;'valves k v I r {casing through "the acket and communicatiselectively delivering to o-utlet, st'ea m, 1nd Water of condensation' from the conthe "casingyand located i uponf opposite sides of theioutlet'; a conduit, leading from one ,endof the casing to the lower portion of the condenser; and a steam supply pipe "comprising-branches, one of Which branches ent rs the condenser adjacent its "t0p,"the

otherof which branches communicates with the other end (if thecasilfig.

3.1In' a device of the class described, a

condenser; "a steam pipe communicating with the condenser adj acent its top an out- 63 3133: a: ituswen: "may "be "olitai'ned for 1 charging into the jacket; a cold Water outlet pipeleading from the jacket; valves in the cold ater, pipes"; a steam pipe embodying a' branch passing through the jacket and entering the condenser adjacent the top of the condenser; and a branch leading downwardly to a point adjacent the bottom of the jacket; a valve in the steam pipe and controlling both branches; a casing into one 7 end of which the last specified branch-opens; a pipe leading from the *otherend of the ing with the condenser; an outlet for the casing; and valves in the casing upon opposite sidesof th'e outlet'.

In testimony that Iclai'm the foregoing as in the presence oftwo'vvitn'esses.

, ZACHARY SCOTT. Witnesses? V fivec'ents each, by addressing the' womniis sioner 0f Patents, wasliiiigten', 1150; I

iny own- I have hereto affixed my signature 

